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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Afghanistan
War is Theft: Pentagon cannot account for $8.6 Billion of Iraq’s Reconstruction Funds

War is Theft: Pentagon cannot account for $8.6 Billion of Iraq’s Reconstruction Funds

The Pentagon cannot account for the over $8 bn. given out to cronies in the first years of the Iraq occupation, money which came from […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Dietrich: Energy and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy

Dietrich: Energy and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy

Christopher R. W. Dietrich writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: Energy and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy In a paper written in conjunction […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
40 Killed in Bombings of Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq;<br/>Constitutional Crisis Unfolds

40 Killed in Bombings of Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq;
Constitutional Crisis Unfolds

Despite Republican senator John McCain’s conviction that “We’ve already won that one,” i.e. the Iraq War, actually you couldn’t say either that the war is […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Cloughley– “Against a Rush to Judgment: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban”

Cloughley– “Against a Rush to Judgment: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban”

In light of the Wikileaks Pentagon documents are full of allegations by US military personnel of Pakistani collaboration with the Taliban, and they have increased […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Wikileaks on Hiding the War; and, American Security?  Rethinking Afghanistan Pt. 6

Wikileaks on Hiding the War; and, American Security? Rethinking Afghanistan Pt. 6

The Taliban now claim that they killed one US sailor and captured another in Logar Province as the US mounts a massive manhunt for the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Jahanpour: Iran, Turkey and Israel: New Global Realities

Jahanpour: Iran, Turkey and Israel: New Global Realities

Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment : Iran, Turkey and Israel: New Global Realities Ten years ago this month (11 July […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Women of Afghanistan: Rethink Afghanistan, Part 5

Women of Afghanistan: Rethink Afghanistan, Part 5

Rethink Afghanistan, pt. 5, directed by Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, covers women’s issues. Recent news on this front: On Saturday it became clear […]

Juan Cole

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Repubs Plot Israel-Iran Apocalypse and the Collapse of the US Economy

Repubs Plot Israel-Iran Apocalypse and the Collapse of the US Economy

Jamal Abdi at HuffPo explains that almost a third of Republicans in the House have signed on to a resolution urging Israel to attack Iran. […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Civilian Casualties are Causing the War in the First Place: Rethinking Afghanistan, Pt. 4

Civilian Casualties are Causing the War in the First Place: Rethinking Afghanistan, Pt. 4

Part Four of Rethinking Afghanistan, directed by Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, covering the issue of civilian casualties. A new study by America’s National […]

Juan Cole

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